From b8b8b16352cd90c6083033fd4487f04fae935c18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Larry Finger Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:15:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix connection lost problem In commit 40b368af4b75 ("rtlwifi: Fix alignment issues"), the read of REG_DBI_READ was changed from 16 to 8 bits. For unknown reasonsi this change results in reduced stability for the wireless connection. This regression was located using bisection. Fixes: 40b368af4b75 ("rtlwifi: Fix alignment issues") Reported-and-tested-by: James Cameron Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Cc: Stable # 4.11+ Cc: Ping-Ke Shih Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c index 4f73012..1d431d4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c @@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ static u8 _rtl8821ae_dbi_read(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u16 addr) } if (0 == tmp) { read_addr = REG_DBI_RDATA + addr % 4; - ret = rtl_read_byte(rtlpriv, read_addr); + ret = rtl_read_word(rtlpriv, read_addr); } return ret; } -- 2.7.4